On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 07:15 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 14:28 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > > > >> Okay, here's a problem I'm running in to. I have an NFS server that is > >> controlled via NIS for which hosts access the NFS mounts. I need to > >> give root access to an NFS client host machine, but /not/ the NFS > >> mounts. Is there any way at all to control this, other than making the > >> NFS mounts read only? > >> > >> (Yeah I know it's a strange question, but time is pressing and I don't > >> have enough of it to google.) Any help would be appreciated. > >> > >> > >> > > It is such a strange question I am not sure I understand it. You have a > > NFS server machine which I assume contains the user directories that are > > used though NIS and NFS from the clients. > > > > But what is NFS client host machine? How does it fit into the picture? > > > Yeah, it's a strange situation. I have an NFS server that has exported > /home/users. One of the machines (client A) that mounts that NFS share > is being handed to another group who needs root access. Because of the > fact that we have other user accounts in /home/users I cannot let > someone else have root access on Client A. What I want is to be able to > keep that NFS mount on Client A, but not let root on Client A access > that NFS mount. Does that clear it up a bit? > > I got another reply mentioning no_root_squash, but I just got in and I'm > not yet ready to look into that option, at least not until my fisrt cup > of coffee. I agree with the others that root_squash won't do it. If you are root on Client A you have access to the other user accounts. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
